Does the Dell 2300 Truemobile have WDS capacity?

Running a Dell 2300 Truemobile wireless router in an XP pro environment. Have had difficulty with signal range and have tried a Linksys WRE54G (range extender, or repeater). Can see it from my wireless card's utility (dell truemobile 1300 WLAN mini-pci card) but cannot connect, and the range extender is not communicating with router.

Fine print says RE uses a standard called WDS (Wireless Distribution something) and requires that capability from router.

Router has firmware 3.0.0.8 7/24/03. If there's a firmware update I need, which one?